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Iowa Code Title III. Public Services and Regulation [Chs. 80-122C] § 99F.11. Gambling games and sports wagering taxes--rate--allocations

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

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1. A tax is imposed on the adjusted gross receipts received each fiscal year from gambling games authorized under this chapter at the rate of five percent on the first one million dollars of adjusted gross receipts and at the rate of ten percent on the next two million dollars of adjusted gross receipts.

2. The tax rate imposed each fiscal year on any amount of adjusted gross receipts over three million dollars shall be as follows:

a. If the licensee is an excursion gambling boat or gambling structure, twenty-two percent.

b. If the licensee is a racetrack enclosure conducting gambling games and another licensee that is an excursion gambling boat or gambling structure is located in the same county, then the following rate, as applicable:

(1) If the licensee of the racetrack enclosure has not been issued a table games license during the fiscal year or if the adjusted gross receipts from gambling games of the licensee in the prior fiscal year were less than one hundred million dollars, twenty-two percent.

(2) If the licensee of the racetrack enclosure has been issued a table games license during the fiscal year or prior fiscal year and the adjusted gross receipts from gambling games of the licensee in the prior fiscal year were one hundred million dollars or more, twenty-two percent on adjusted gross receipts received prior to the operational date and twenty-four percent on adjusted gross receipts received on or after the operational date. For purposes of this subparagraph, the operational date is the date the commission determines table games became operational at the racetrack enclosure.

c. If the licensee is a racetrack enclosure conducting gambling games and no licensee that is an excursion gambling boat or gambling structure is located in the same county, twenty-four percent.

3. a. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the tax rate imposed on a licensee each fiscal year on any amount of promotional play receipts on gambling games included as adjusted gross receipts shall be determined by multiplying the adjusted percentage by the wagering tax applicable to the licensee pursuant to subsection 2.

b. For purposes of this subsection, “adjusted percentage” means as follows:

(1) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022, eighty-three and one-third percent.

(2) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023, sixty-six and two-thirds percent.

(3) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, fifty percent.

(4) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, thirty-three and one-third percent.

(5) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, sixteen and two-thirds percent.

c. This subsection is repealed July 1, 2026.

4. The taxes imposed by this section on adjusted gross receipts from gambling games authorized under this chapter shall be paid by the licensee to the treasurer of state within ten days after the close of the day when the wagers were made and shall be distributed as follows:

a. If the gambling excursion originated at a dock located in a city, one-half of one percent of the adjusted gross receipts shall be remitted to the treasurer of the city in which the dock is located and shall be deposited in the general fund of the city. Another one-half of one percent of the adjusted gross receipts shall be remitted to the treasurer of the county in which the dock is located and shall be deposited in the general fund of the county.

b. If the gambling excursion originated at a dock located in a part of the county outside a city, one-half of one percent of the adjusted gross receipts shall be remitted to the treasurer of the county in which the dock is located and shall be deposited in the general fund of the county. Another one-half of one percent of the adjusted gross receipts shall be remitted to the treasurer of the Iowa city nearest to where the dock is located and shall be deposited in the general fund of the city.

c. Eight-tenths of one percent of the adjusted gross receipts tax shall be deposited in the county endowment fund created in section 15E.311.

d. Two-tenths of one percent of the adjusted gross receipts tax shall be allocated each fiscal year as follows:

(1) Five hundred twenty thousand dollars is appropriated each fiscal year to the economic development authority with one-half of the moneys allocated for operational support grants and the remaining one-half allocated for the community cultural grants program established under section 303.3.

(2) One-half of the moneys remaining after the appropriation in subparagraph (1) is appropriated to the community development division of the economic development authority for the purposes of regional tourism marketing. The moneys appropriated in this subparagraph shall be disbursed to the authority in quarterly allotments. However, none of the moneys appropriated under this subparagraph shall be used for administrative purposes.

(3) One-half of the moneys remaining after the appropriation in subparagraph (1) shall be credited, on a quarterly basis, to the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund created in section 8.57.

e. The remaining amount of the adjusted gross receipts tax shall be credited as provided in section 8.57, subsection 5.

5. a. A tax is imposed on the sports wagering net receipts received each fiscal year by a licensed operator from sports wagering authorized under this chapter at the rate of six and three-quarters percent.

b. The taxes imposed by this subsection for sports wagering authorized under this chapter shall be paid by the licensed operator to the treasurer of state as determined by the commission and shall be credited as provided in section 8.57, subsection 6.

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